I'm old enough to remember the TV series My Favorite Martian, and I expected the same entertaining premise with this book. It was plenty entertaining, but this time the alien was a snail-like creature who crawls into and takes over the brain of teenager, Tom Filber. Tom is picked at random for the alien's research to see if humans should be destroyed before they destroy the planet Earth. It turns out that Tom is a bit of an alien himself, finding it very difficult to fit in with his fellow human teenagers. This places Ketchvar (the alien) in some tough situations, especially when he loses contact with his ship. The adventure is complete with family dysfunction, romance with the beautiful neighbor girl, and cruel bullies who get their come-upance.
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